Interior Provincial Exhibition headlines weekend events

VERNON - If all you want to do this weekend is stay in and relax, read no further. If, on the other hand, you're feeling like taking in some long weekend events, here's your guide.

Head to the Interior Provincial Exhibition in Armstrong, where there's an event to suit everyone. The five-day fair boats a first class rodeo, live music, a midway, and a whole host of agricultural exhibits. Be sure to take in the popular mini chuck wagon races, Iron Chef contest, and Westcoast Lumberjack Show.

For beautiful scenery and sport spectating, head to Silver Star Mountain Resort for the Freeride Festival, a two day mountain biking event packed with a dirt jump jam, bike demos by Norco, a family fun village race, a chainless race sponsored by the North Okanagan Cycling Society (NOCS), village vendors, and more than $10,000 in cold hard cash and prizes.

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